Tag: potpourri

Aeolotropic Hot Links

Gloria Grahame & Humphrey Bogart – In a Lonely Place (1950)

It’s Bad You Know, R.L. Burnside (1998) The remix album Come On In by Delta blues guitarist R.L. Burnside was released on Fat Possum records in 1998.
Burnside was born in 1926 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He learned from Mississippi Fred McDowell who lived in the next county over. Burnside and his family, tired of the life of sharecroppers, moved to Chicago in the early 50s. Subsequently his father, two uncles and two brothers were murdered there. In 1959 he returned to Mississippi, was convicted of murder himself, and served time at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm.

Bill.

Bug.

Bikes.

Karma.

Otterballs.

OMG Street.

White paper.

Role playing.

Stray clouds.

GHOST FONT.

Angle, Reese.

Monochrome.

Oluale Kossola.

Doggy daycare.

Be kind, rewind.

RAF Red Arrows.

Grandma Droniak.

A sign was required.

The War of Key West.

Dead Mouse Delivery.

Rainforest hotel drama.

Sir Kermit & Lady Piggy.

Meanwhile at the Changoo.

Regarding Lizzie and Henry.

Cone pen [via Memo Of The Air].

JAWS – BBC edit [via Everlasting Blört].

Such a pleasant lady [via Thompson, blog].

[Top image: Movie .gif found here.]

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Foudroyant Hot Links

Drumheller, Alberta boasts “the world’s largest dinosaur statue”, a 26.3 meter tall Tyrannosaurus Rex statue. Just like the iconic T-Rex from the Fallout New-Vegas videogame, visitors can climb an internal staircase and view the surrounding desert through its mouth.

If You Were Mine, Otis Rush (1957)From his first hit in 1956 (I Can’t Quit You Baby) Otis Rush was the sound of West Side Chicago electric blues. His vocals and playing style influenced many who followed, including Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn (who named his band after Rush’s 1959 hit Double Trouble).

Wash.

Quacky.

Hillrider.

A Library.

Sand choir.

CT pigeons.

66 weenies.

Flock party.

It’s not right.

Summer beads.

Balloon wombat.

Extreme cocktails.

On again, off again.

Crustacians & clams.

Popcorn & stop signs.

She hates intolerance.

Swiss Mountain Finder.

1976 Top 100 audio montage.

Tubas of history [via Thompson, blog].

Harry Revel’s Music From Out Of Space.

Pruncey-hayshin [via Everlasting Blört].

Hellbent For Safety [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Canadian T-Rex with caption found here.]

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Obtruncated Hot Links

Whale bone chess pieces found in Uig, Scotland, 12th Century AD.

Dap Walk, Ernie and The Top Notes, Inc. (1972)
Over the years, Ernie has arranged and written songs for the likes of Ernie K-Doe, Alex Spearman, King Floyd, Eddie Bo, and Jessie Hill. He’s backed stars like Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, and Mardi Gras Indian bands, including the Wild Magnolias and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux’s Golden Eagles. He’s been a staple at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Formed in 1971 in New Orleans, the group consisted of Ernie Vincent (aka Ernie Vincent Williams) / guitar, writer & producer; John “Dap” Peters / bass; Lawrence Bowie  / trumpet; Freddie Green / trumpet; Nathaniel Gaines / sax; and Peter Rooster / drums. They disbanded in 1980.

OWL.

Loft.

Why?

Splody.

Baby snek.

Able Mable.

Munch Sun.

Home karate.

Ukraine train.

Jessica’s fish.

A little squirt.

Home au Rone.

Ethics is so passé.

Efficiency camper.

Memories of Covid.

Laundromat clothes.

“Is the coffee ready?“

Liver-eatin’ Johnson.

Mischievous tiny people.

The Phantom of Heilbronn.

She hates fascist democracies…

Vocal Fry-y-y [via Thompson, blog].

Women in trees [via Everlasting Blört].

Jemma’s discord [via Memo Of The Air].

Shadowbanned & threatened over a song.

Exposing Afghani women to modern art is pricey.

Silky malachite plate with stalactites and botryoidal formations.

[Top image: Two pawns from a 12th century Scottish chess set found here. More about the Lewis Chessmen here.]

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Rheotropismic Hot Links

Atomic Dog, George Clinton (1982)
Atomic Dog was P-Funk‘s last recording to hit No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart, but didn’t make Billboard’s Top 100. Bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay.

A long ride.

Retro Sci-Fi.

Blue glizzies.

20 violations.

Relativity in 3D.

Some one-liners.

Chewin’ the ‘zooka.

An unfinished song.

10 BIG COOL DRINKS.

The mountains of Houston.

The Reflecting Pool update.

The Season [via Bustednuckles].

Heinrichs and Bachmann covers.

Fast tapper [via Memo Of The Air].

Hoodrats in Mehdi’s Bronx bodega.

Metro Tunnel State Library Station.

Cows and cars [via Thompson, blog].

Couldn’t edit the green guy who’s a girl.

Top 50 clichés of AI [via Nag on the Lake].

Doodle Boy then, Doodle Boy now [via Everlasting Blört.

[Image at top: Tusken Raiders of the Lost Ark, via Miss Cellania.]

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Furciferous Hot Links

Stormy Weather, Reigning Sound (2019) Great garage punk cover of the classic torch song Stormy Weather, first recorded by Ethel Waters in 1933.

So sad.

TP in bw.

Manhunt.

Road trips.
Road maps.

Gay spray?!

Big weather.

Anamika’s art.

House for sale.

George noticed.

The Soccer Team.

Song of the Static.

The $1,800 lesson.

The anti-concession.

Nepetalactone + cats.

Isometric NYC [via Nav Tour].

MOBOT [via Thompson, blog].

Some people get all the credit.

Somewhere on Latrobe Street.

A lot of drama in a little suburb.

Veering left [via Memo Of The Air].

Huang Yung-Fu, the village painter.

A Daily Cloud [via Everlasting Blört.]

[Image at top: Cropped and modified image of cover art of the May 1939 issue of Fantastic Adventures, found in here.]

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Panhygrous Hot Links

Man Child, Sam The Sham (1963)
Domingo Samudio, aka Sam The Sham, released his first 45rpm in 1962, a cover of Chick Willis’ Betty and Dupree; the B side was Man Child. Two years later, Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs’ hit Wooly Bully made No. 1 in Billboard’s Top 100 for 1965. Contrary to popular belief, Samudio wasn’t of Mexican ancestry; he was of Basque/Apache descent.

HORSE.

Little Sadie.

A true woody.

Speed climbing.

Comfortable shoes.

Too many gummies.

A reunion at Lowe’s.

Creating mediocrity.

Recycling briquettes.

Animated Beastie Boys.

Jaya The Cat’s roadtrip.

Melbourne train stations.

George Washington’s beer.

Robotic prototypes of 1968.

Erik Kogan’s odd photography.

The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.

Tower Records 1971 [via Everlasting Blört.]

The new recipe smells just like the old recipe.

Headbanging with glasses [via Thompson, blog].

Chaco Chachalaca, Dickcissel & 98 more cool bird names
[via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Slotville Gas by Jarel Built found here via here.]

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Misocaineacal Hot Links

Romantic Beach, Los Elásticos (2003)
Banda instrumental de México, amante de la lucha libre y de la de Música Surf. Los cuatro luchadores y una Go-go Dancer tienen una página web por ahí.

RC COLA.

Cast a net.

Pigeon music.

A fungal abode.

Mechanics’ hell.

Mr. Hive Kitchen.

Artsy dartboards.

Soviet baby rallies.

Husbands of Target.

Sad transformations.

Ze Frank & Hymenoptera.

Pallets & pallets & pallets.

“Here’s what I think, Toto.”

Disappearing dabbawalas.

Joshie’s extended vacation.

Surgical Elementary School.

Potty love [via Thompson, blog].

Daredevil is Latin for bonehead.

Richard Johnston, Lonely Hunter.

The Boston Boom [via The Feral Irishman].

Argus is omnidirectional [via Everlasting Blört.]

 1948 MG TC Special Roadster [via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Soviet baby rally propaganda poster ca. 1923 via Nag on the Lake. Among other things they are demanding clean diapers.]

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Inconcinnate Hot Links

Tear Drops, Soul Brothers Inc. (1967 Salem Records) 1960s northern soul group from Christiansburg, Virginia, with vocals by brothers Earl and Marshal Carter. A copy of this rare 45rpm can fetch as much as $5k. (Not to be confused with Soul Brothers Inc. from Houston, Texas, or S.B.I. / Soul Brothers Inc. Records.)

Misty.

Critters.

Blooned.

Minkteeth.

Art of Folk.

The Cool S.

What a trip.

Repurposed.

Misdirection.

KitKat hoarders.

Perpetual Motion.

A Flight of clones.

The Duke of Cones.

Hanta photoshoot.
Hanta can do what??

Herringbone gears.

Fluorescent casques.

The Bells of Dearborn.

Eggshell [via Memo Of The Air].

NYC bag dogs [via Everlasting Blört.]

100 year old Marenghi Organ Smashmouth.

Aug(de)mented Reality 2 [via Miss Cellanea].

Your Internet Radio Dial [via Thompson, blog].

Free healthcare, clothing room & board for $1.

[Image at top: Impressionist graffiti (aka “deep fried graff”) by ForzaNokia (Belgium 2026) found here.]

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Drapetomanic Hot Links

Moon Baby, Bo Diddley (1961) The amount of time to compose and record this song must have taken almost an hour. It was the last track on Side 1 of Bo Diddley is a Lover (reissue, ca. 1961). It also appears on retro compilations (like this one).

This V8.

Jake Leg.

Campers!

Mr. Gravy.

Bighorn moving.

Fun with kinetics.

She did it her way.

Stones and sticks.

Martin the Eyeball.

A nice place to visit…

Pre-1931 AI chatbot?

An hour of Mall music.

The Age of Purity
& Victor Davis Hanson.

Monochrome lighthouse.

Multiply by 9 for 2026 dollars.

Furniture [via Nag on the Lake].

Unraveling AI’s Knitting Bullshit.

Dungeons & Dragons according to Scripture.

Preggo texts to punk [via The Feral Irishman].

Trucks parking on a boat [via Thompson, blog].

A large angry dude jumping into a crowd of punks is art.

Datsun/Nissan pickup truck evolution [via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Leviathan, Hirusuke Yabe (2020) via Everlasting Blört.]

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Illecebrous Hot Links

Pressure Drop, The Clash (1979)
“Now when it drops on your dirty little head (oh yeah)
Where you gonna go?”
In 1979, premier UK punk group The Clash covered The Maytals’ 1969 hit.

Alien Cat.
Nora the Cat.

New ringtone.

Bugs ‘n’ Ghias.

L’aria del Cane.

Special effects.

A sad situation.

Landsgemeinde.

Una Vespa rossa.

June 1982, Berlin.

Leaving California.

Robin Trower is 81.

Mother’s Day knits.

Rat kings.
Rat king dumplings.

OPC commemorative pin.

Into the bowels of Everest.

“It’s a Jeff Lewis Meal Deal.”

No one remembers 2nd Place.

Cowboy Adam sings The Eagles.

The Teether [via Everlasting Blört].

Astronaut Michael Collins’ secret fear.

Catchin’ crawfs [via Memo Of The Air].

10 minutes of ant noise [via Thompson, blog].

[Image at top found here. Don’t forget to call Mom.]

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